Access to a working laundry reduces rates of scabies, which is widespread in many remote Indigenous communities and can increase the risk of rheumatic heart disease
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When former Olympian Liz Morgan-Brett toured remote Aboriginal communities in 2018, she saw first-hand the impact of unsafe living conditions.
“[There were] scabies infections, crusted scabies, and those secondary complications that stem from repeated scabies infections, which is acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease,” she says.